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Originally Posted by HalvOnHorseracing
I always wondered, why do they put all those words in a dictionary if you are not supposed to use them?
Actually, I believe that, as many "big" words as there are, there are times when precision dictates using them.
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Oh my goodness. Having one's opinion challenged for using "big words"
These guys are definitely running out of ammunition. I wonder if they are suffering from.....
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,....Looks like the longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries. A word that refers to a lung disease. A whopping 45 letters.
Then again I doubt they could read it without mouthing it loudly to each other complaining about a conspiracy plot by democratic, liberal doctors and morticians, to secretly infect them.